Trolley.



No. v685,||8. l Patented Oct. 22, |90I.

A. J. EBERWINE. l TnoLLEY.

(Application led Aug. 8, 1901.)

(no new.)

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UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT J. EBERWINE, OF SLATING'ION, PENNSYLVANIA.

TROLLEY.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,118, dated October22, 1901.

Application filed August 8, 1901. Serial No. 71,417. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. EBERWINE, of Slatington, in the county ofLehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Trolleys; and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Thisinvention is an improvement in over; head trolleys for electricrailways; and its object is to provide an improved fender or guard andresetting device for the trolley, so that displacement of thetrolley-wheel from the Wire will be generally prevented, but if itshould jump the Wire it can be more quickly and readily replaced thancould the ordinary Wheel. The device also serves as a guard for theWheel and fork.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction of the deviceand combination of parts therein hereinafter described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a frontview of the device applied to a trolley Wheel vand fork; Fig. 2, a sideview thereof; and Fig. 3, a section on line 8 3, Fig. 2.

A designates a trolley-pole, having fork B on one end, in which is theordinary trolley- Wheel C, mounted on a bolt D, transiixing the membersof fork B, as usual. On bolt D, at opposite sides of. the fork, aremounted plates E, which are provided with inwardlyprojecting lugs orpins c e at opposite sides of lthe fork members, by which rotation ot'the plates on the bolt D is prevented. To the upper sides of plates Eare pivoted the rocking guards or fenders F, asV shown at f. Theseguards are provided with two rounded protuberances G G on their upperedges, and from such edges spring upwardly and outwardly inclinedflanges g, as shown.

The guards are held normallyin an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 2,by means of springs H, attached to the plates E and bearing against thelower edge of the adjacent guard, as shown in Fig. 2.' The upper endsand edges of the guards project above the i trolley-wheel O and thetrolley-Wire W, on

each side thereof, so that if the trolley should jump the wire theguards Will prevent the trolley striking a trolley-pole arm or guy-wire,and when either guard Gr catches beneath the wire W it will cause thetrolley to move back into position beneath the same, as the inclinedflanges on the guards will direct the trolley-Wheel into position underthe Wire W, as is obvious from the drawings.

Each plate E, with its attached guard G, is detachable from the boltD,and these guards and fenders can be readily applied to ordinary trolleyheads or forks Wit-hout 'requiring any special tools or alterations inthe latter.

Having thus described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, anddesire to secur by Letters Patent thereon, is-

1. Thecombination of the trolley-head, the

Wheel, and the bolt securing the wheel to the head, with the platessuspended on the bolt at opposite sides of the Wheel, the curved guardspivoted on said plates, and the springs for holding said guards inposition.

2. The combination of the trolley-head, the trolley-wheel, the bolt onwhich the Wheel is journaled and the removable plates hung on said boltbut engaging the head so as not to be rotatable; with the guards pivotedon said plates having outwardly and upwardly inclined iianges for thepurpose and substantially as described.

3. The combination of the trolley-fork, the bolt transxing the same, andthe trolleywheel j ournaled on the bolt; with the detachable plates hungon the bolt and engaging the forks so as to be non-rotatable, the curvedand flanged guards pivoted on said plates, and the springs attached tothe plates and engaging the guards for the purpose and substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT J. nnnavvrnnl In presence of- G. T. OPLrNGnR, CHARLES B. MAQK.

